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PHILIP H. ANSELMO’S THOUGHTS ON POT

 Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 at 5:00pm by

Weed is an awesome so-called “drug”, but it’s NOT for everyone. And throughout certain periods of my life, it’s been that way for me too. Growing up it was fun and my friends and i smoked a whole lot (!) whilst jamming…but somewhere in my mid-twenties, it would/could make me paranoid and uncomfortable in my own skin, so I didn’t/wouldn’t partake as often.

Today, it treats me juuuust fine though… and in truth, it helps my job.

Call it strange, but I can “hear” music better after I’ve smoked. Detail that I wouldn’t have perhaps noticed jumps to attention…maybe my mood is “altered” enough to actually listen!!!!  Ha!  Especially if it’s new music, HOUSECORE records submissions, or something new or different I’m being turned onto.  I’ve gotta listen CLOSE.  I owe it to the bands!

Grass also helps one of the side effects I suffer from post-back surgery…there’s some burning nerve damage that shoots down to my left foot. When I smoke, the muscles surrounding the compromised joints/nerve endings (too) relax, and I feel a great deal of relief. Maybe it’s all in my head, but I doubt it. I know pain very, very well, so if there’s any indication of relief, I KNOW it.

Also, I find the older I get, the more I’m becoming a night-time smoker.  If I smoke too early in the day it can be a bit much!!! Smoking later in the day takes the edge off without having to resort to taking a “sip” (aka drinking a beer or wine), and that’s a good thing for me.

Weed WORKS for me…and like I stated already, it ain’t for everyone.

If it fucks with a person’s ability to do their job, or is somehow holding them back in the fight to become a better person, then hopefully that person has common knowledge enough to know that weed isn’t for them. Because the results of being a non-effective, non-productive person AND a weed-head is a recipe for a long, unfulfilled, dull life.

And it creates the not-so-realistic view of what a pot-head really is. Being “only” a pot-head is no way to get LIFE done. WE are responsible for every action that is put in motion in our lives, so smoking responsibly goes hand-in-hand with that PHILosophy!!! Ho Ho!

As far as the legalizing-side of weed goes, you know I’m all for it. But once again, it’s up to individuals to decide if it’s for them or not. People can pull up as many graphs and/or stats as they want when it comes to weed vs. alcohol, and, of course, weed will ALWAYS pale in comparison to the dangers alcohol presents, especially in a pro-weed statement(s). But I’ll never forget the time when I was 15-years old and my friend was driving and we were both high. He was cruising about 50 mph and there was a red light directly ahead with cars stopped 4-deep. He was baked, his mind was drifting and there was no way in hell he was gonna stop if I hadn’t grabbed him and shook him. He slammed on the brakes and truthfully, it’s amazing we didn’t wreck directly into the car(s) in front of us or fly through the windshield. All I could think was, “What if I hadn’t been in the car with him?”… scary thought, really.

So, if you’re a smoker like me, we have to maintain responsibility in order to restore some face to a subject/habit directly linked to (A) harder, more dangerous drugs (a subject I know that YOU know I know all too well!!), and (B) a lazed, unambitious disposition plaguing younger generations. The world is one extremely huge OPPORTUNITY…so if you smoke, get something positive done (!) instead of laying around waiting for the pizza-guy to show up!

Get off your asses and start a band! Draw a masterpiece! Or just be the best parent you can! (YES!!! Some of the greatest parents EVER smoke!)

Whatever you choose, DO the best to BE the best at something, as long as it’s positive.

Smokers of the world unite!  Let weed push us creatively and soothe us medically!

Fucking enjoy and toke it up..!!!

Philip H. Anselmo

-CM

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cliff-Whitehead/1464966511 Cliff Whitehead

    Damn. I haven’t smoked in awhile for this reason or that. Now I really shouldn’t because I’m in the market for a second job but after reading and listening to that… fuck.

  • dr. doomdrummer

    Hell yep.

  • http://www.nylithia.com Dental Damnation

    TRUTH.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Forrest-Nalley/1396964302 Neil Forrest Nalley

    Ya if really fucked with me in my early 20′s. when i was a teenager it was my best friend but it started to give me really bad anxiety. i know exactly the feeling of being uncomfortable in your own skin. i just cant do it anymore. too bad too cause i had a lot of good times on it.

    • junkyardgod

      Same here. Used to smoke like a god damn chimney. But I can’t anymore. Quit about a year ago because I just couldn’t take it. All of my friends still do it and I miss it every once in a while, but I know the negatives outweigh the positives for me personally. Wish it wasn’t that way sometimes but it is. Ahh well. If you can, more power to ya!

  • Budda Bubba

    It’s all individual not really a black and white smoker vs none smoker argument anymore. I smoke to get high and don’t really wanna lie about some medical condition to get “legal” weed or piggy back on those who actually do need it medically. If the information is presented in a mature and reasonable manner legalization wont be far. Legalization will also lesson weeds power as a symbol of social status which would decrease the number of people trying it for the wrong reasons.

  • shpostal

    Smoking weed is a rite of passage for most teenagers not brought up as lily white religious types, those having a mental drug much more powerful than the finest bud. Sadly, in my case, it became a serious addiction in my early 20′s. No matter what somebody tells you, marijuana is addictive as cigarettes or other drugs.
    I became a full blown pot head at college 30 long years ago (I’m 50 now and don’t drink or partake anything except for prescriptions that cost way more than pot and are for fun shit like prostate, cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. Getting old is fun.) Back in my party days we still had godawful 8-tracks and I remember hazily getting stoned in a buddy’s dorm room with “Dark Side Of The Moon” on the 8 track, and hearing it at least twice before any of us came down enough to realize we’d already heard it! Not that we were that stupid, but that album was so full of stuff you couldn’t get it all in one listen.
    It makes me sound square and like a loser, but I can tell you I smoked enough dope that it made me ultra paranoid, nervous and scared of my own shadow. I was high from sunrise to bed time whenever possible. My “friends” at the time, who turned out to be burned out backstabbing losers who thought they were really cool, and I dug metal and other rock music but the associating with dealers and some folks one wasn’t sure wouldn’t narc you out if they got busted got to me.
    I quit cold turkey and it was a nightmare. For a couple of days I was nervous but okay, but then when the THC started out of my system I was shaking violently and in a cold sweat for three days. I missed work – I was too shaky to go in. But I stuck to it and never touched it again. Same with booze a few years later, but that was easier than quitting dope.
    I don’t preach, and I know someone who’s just high is a safer driver than a drunk, but when your job depends on your being clean and you age, common sense must prevail. Guys like Anselmo can party all they want to – they’re rock stars. We aren’t. We have responsibilities and don’t live in that sheltered world.
    And don’t get me started on meth. It wasn’t around in my partying days, and we would have thought, and I still think that anybody who used that shit was out of their fucking mind. This is the worst of the worst and I’m glad in a way my wife and I couldn’t have kids so we don’t have to worry about it. From what I understand, it’s all over the schools and really getting out of hand.
    My advice? Moderation, dudes. Your body and mind can’t handle the abuse forever and metal will always be there, provided you don’t blast it out so loud you lose your hearing. Think I’m a wuss? I’ve got Destruction’s new one on, dig Electric Wizard’s stuff, especially “Dopethrone”, and love thrash, doom and death metal. Now I know people will say “How can you be into Electric Wizard and not smoke a doobie? Memories of good times are enough. If the music is good enough it’ll stand on its own without chemical assistance. Don’t let the fear of what metal will be like when you’re straight scare you into not quitting drugs – it’ll keep you going and never let you down. Can’t wait for new Morbid Angel, Meshuggah and Machine Head.

    • JB

      Amen

    • http://PhilipH.Anselmo Philip H. Anselmo

      Nice post.
      But me a “rockstar” living in a “sheltered world”…?
      Don’t even get me started old boy…
      If you’ve followed my career at all you would/should know I’ve avoided the ‘Star’ status sucking crew with every inch of my fiber… think about it…
      And dammit!
      Listen to Deathspell Omega or Destroyer 666 some time big daddy!!!!
      Too much of that stoner rock will get you STONED!
      HA!
      PA

      • FongChung

        Listen to Pentagram that will help you get stoned! Oh and Neurosis too. You and Neurosis ever gonna do a tour? You know like a Down/Neurosis tour?

      • Cysquatch

        “No matter what somebody tells you, marijuana is addictive as cigarettes or other drugs.”

        Let me just stop you right there, pal. You are honestly trying to claim that cannabis is as addictive as cigarettes? Poppycock! Cannabis has been confirmed to cause a dependence lower than caffeine!

        http://weeddaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/comparecht1.gif

        “when the THC started out of my system I was shaking violently and in a cold sweat for three days. I missed work – I was too shaky to go in.”

        LOL really, shaking violently? Give me a freakin break dude. I’ve taken plenty of breaks and I’ve only ever experienced a little loss of appetite.

        Also, posting under Phil Anselmo.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Montalvo/1520528598 Andy Montalvo

          You sure you weren’t smoking something else, shpostal? I’ve never seen weed causing that much trouble (unless the person using the weed had an addictive personality before smoking/eating/however the fuck it’s ingested these days).

          Also, happy 4/20 Phil.

        • Brock Sterns

          What Phil said.
          What Cysquatch said.

        • DecrystallizingReason

          I’m sure “weeddaily.com” is a factual, unbiased source of information. Eyeroll. I’m all for weed but YES, it IS addictive, just like any good feeling can be addictive. People get addicted to sex and go to rehab for it, for fuck’s sake. Moderation is key when it comes to any drug.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Moore/100000644501129 Brandon Moore

        Lifelover

      • shpostal

        Glad to hear from you, Phil, even if I am an “old boy” – guilty as charged! What I could and should have said is you have been fortunate enough to not have to settle for a factory career or blue collar job as your primary means of survival. I envy your being able to make a living as a musician, and I know you’re no “big star” jerk looking for your own reality show. I know too you and every successful musician out there have had to work terrible jobs to survive. I suppose my statement was a blanket statement, and I should have known there are exceptions to every cliche!
        I play guitar and write, but haven’t had the time to properly pursue that path. My day job as a mailman pays quite well and I have a disabled wife to look after, so there ya go.
        Love your work, it was a thrill to hear from you. My apologies if I offended you. Whaddya think of Electric Wizard? That makes me want to step back in time with a four foot bong for sure!

      • Christine

        You are so real, I hate when people try to put shit on you that does not even fit, they just don’t know. I’ve been through the entire line of drug use from weed to heroin and everything in between (shakes from weed????) I commend you for kicking all that shit as I KNOW how difficult it is. I say smoke away baby. btw, I’ve seen you perform many times, recently in March of this year, awesome show man, as always you always leave me wanting more!
        love ya man!

    • Dieing Feetis

      Shakes and cold sweats from quitting weed? Bullshit. When I quit smoking weed I had no problems whatsoever. Try coming off Oxycontin.

    • Sab

      “I quit cold turkey and it was a nightmare. For a couple of days I was nervous but okay, but then when the THC started out of my system I was shaking violently and in a cold sweat for three days.”
      Um duder, thats a load of garbage right there. If you had the shakes and were sweating it was because of some other condition. Marijuana is not PHYSICALLY addictive what so ever. You are describing heroin or Xanax withdrawal right there. Or even an anxiety attack. Sorry man but it was all in your head.
      And BTW it takes up to and sometimes more than 30 days for the THC to clear out of your body. LMFAO @ “Shaking Violently”

      • cougar party

        I have never heard of anyone getting the shakes or cold sweats from pot withdrawals. Not buying it buddy. I have been smoking weed almost everyday for over 10 years. Every so often I take off a week or two; sometimes a month at a time. Never have had a physical withdrawal and never known anyone else to have one either.

        Like Dieing Feetis said, take oxycotin for a couple days straight then trying coming off it. Now that’s a bad withdrawal. Vomiting, cold sweats; the whole nine yards.

    • basshole

      stopped reading after ” No matter what somebody tells you, marijuana is addictive as cigarettes or other drugs.”.. lmao. tl:dr anyway.

      i will agree it affects you differently throughout the stages of your life though. now i just make sure i dont smoke it by myself. its usually best for me to do it in a social setting and/or after a couple of cocktails. otherwise i talk to myself.

  • lucifersmile

    fuck yes, phil.

  • gecko

    Well said man. I freely admit being a stoner, and smoking for recreational purposes. It makes music sound better, movies funnier, and when the weather is nice, smoking up, taking out my longboard, and riding around town is one of my favorite ways to clear my mind and relax. Beyond that though, I draw a line. I can’t have my smoking interfere with my job, my music, and various responsibilities. Like anything else, knowing your shit is key.

    As for the legalization aspect, I’m for it naturally, but the amount of corporations whose profits would suffer as a result will doom any prospect of marijuana legalization. They have plenty of attorneys and lobbyists to see to that.

  • JimC

    I’ve smoked up a few times and HATED IT! All that happened was that my head went completely numb but the rest of my body was fine and that freaked me the fuck out.

    At least with booze your whole body goes into a blissful relaxing state and it’s easy to still move and think.

    You cxan keep your wacky-backy. Just give me a bottle of bourbon any day. Please.

    • Todd Poe

      Good God, you are lame.

      • JimC

        I know.

  • Brian Roach

    I was probably stoned pretty much all the time from about 15-25, and I don’t regret it, but now that i’m older, have kids, etc and only get to do it every once in awhile i think i appreciate it a lot more. i love it when i’m able to do it, it’s like a really, really special treat!

    • canea

      Exactly! A couple times a year when the kids are the inlaws…all the sweeter!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Arquillo/100002159392127 Tom Arquillo

    I don’t care what any of you say about Phil. He is dead right in this article.

  • msv81

    I sincerely hope I have the pleasure of sharing a joint or bowl with you one day, Phil. Rock on, brother.

  • Pastor of Muppets

    I smoked pot pretty regularly from age 16-25. I loved everything about it; it made music better, movies more intense, junk food that much more savory, so on and so on. After a while it started wearing down on me and I wasn’t even enjoying it anymore. I was constantly scared of my own shadow and feeling like a complete waste of life for not accomplishing anything. So I quit. I think it’s a great thing to do if you can be CREATIVE and PRODUCTIVE with it, but a lot of people seem all to happy to rot away in their self-induced haze. This article is spot-on; even if you enjoy it, you have to recognize when it just isn’t for you.

  • jason rph

    Pot made obituary even more crushing, but let’s be honest. pot is for idiots. Fuck off ya dumb bi-losers!

    • http://www.coreymitchell.com Corey Mitchell

      -1 for Charlie Sheen reference.

    • Ann Philselmo

      leaving comments like “pot is for idiots” is for idiots. charlie sheen references are for idiots. saying “___ is for ___” in general is for idiots, “ya” idiot. just “being honest”.

  • Fred Durst

    Hmmm some of my best memories involve grass and metal shows !!!

    Ever heard TEMPTATIONS WINGS ….on weed?!?!?

  • Anthony

    I didn’t smoke weed until I was 20 years old. I only did it twice, and nothing happened. I just kept coughing shit up. A lot of people say you may not get high the first couple of times, and my friend said that I may have just been coughing all of the shit up before I had a chance to inhale it.

    So yeah, I need to try it a couple of more times and do it right. I hate to say it but I wish I tried smoking weed when I was in high school. I guess you can look at it as a good thing as it didn’t potentially lead to the disasters that Phil mentioned in that write-up, but fuck, it would have been nice to live a little from time to time, or at the very least learn how to smoke “properly”

    • Todd Poe

      ^LAME.

      • Anthony

        …I know…

  • jondabudz

    Ive said it before and ill say it again, phil anselmo is one cool motherfucker. If anybody disagrees with you show em this post.

  • Magnifishit

    Best times I ever had were on ganj. I remember my friend and I laying on couches in the dark with Sunn O))) blasting. I hadn’t listened to them before and I had added them to my ipod so I wasnt expecting to hear a bunch of random ass noises. It was awesome to say the least haha.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tyler-Quentin-Kovarik/1193233090 Tyler Quentin Kovarik

      Skinny Puppy +1

      • Ann Philselmo

        Fuck Yes. cevin even says 99.9% of all puppy was written and recorded while baked. probably on insane BC bud as well.

  • DecrystallizingReason

    I read this while smoking a joint. Well said, Phil!

  • http://www.myspace.com/painafterdeathnc the raccoonman
  • Aaron

    The first Down record is the best stoner rock album of all time! (or at least top 3)

  • JakePeriphery

    I’m in a touring band and I spend most of my time in the back of a van that’s driving 8-9 hours a day (or night). Weed is the only thing that helps me get proper sleep while traveling in that death trap – so for me it is as much a tool as it is something to have fun with – and should be treated with respect and moderation. I believe it can help you function at a level that’s at 100% level of ability but also with a cool, collected calm & confidence – but you have to train yourself to do this – at least in my experience. It’s very easy to be lazy and unproductive smoking the ganj.

    • Slaughterhouse

      I think you just need to know your limit. And since its an after effect (From smoking) you need to know when to stop. If I only take a few hits, Im find for band practice and in a good mood, but if I do too much, I start blanking shit out and forget where Im at

  • Will

    When I die, bury me IN SMOKE! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wendy-Montgomery/1584885022 Wendy Montgomery

    Having watched Pantera in DFW from the start I have to laugh at calling PA a “rockstar”. “living in a sheltered world”. I guess you’ve never been to Joe’s garage or the Basement! The guys in Pantera worked long and hard for their success. They created a sound that was unique. Purely their own and it did not happen over night. They put it on the stage every time they stepped on it. I can hardly listen to a new rock song these days without thinking, “I bet they used to listen to Pantera”. Phil your take on smoking is a very mature one and one that a lot of us have experienced along the way too. Anything can be dangerous if overdone. Don’t blame marijuana for heroin or meth usage. Not all of us make the same choices. We grow up and are responsible for our actions. Crap, Now I’m sounding like someone’s mother! Phil, I’m glad you can learn from experience and move on in life. Something most “rockstars” don’t do.

  • El Peras

    Well, not that I agree with everything Mr. Anselmo said, but he’s right when saying smoking isn’t for everybody, same with booze, some folks are just mean motherfuckers when drunk and that sucks.

    On a side note, Phil, I’d like to know the daily routine you do in the mornings to take care of your back, also, are you lifting weights etc or is it more stretching? Thanks.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Moritz-Klein/100001447255690 Moritz Klein

    Weed sucks, alcohol sucks. Pull your ass together and stop whining about how it “relaxes” you or makes you feel “more comfortable”, because that’s pathetic.

    • CrestalMyth

      Straight edge.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emmanuel-Quinones/100000463639580 Emmanuel Quinones

      XXX 4 xLIF3x

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jecky-On-Line/1533744163 Jecky On Line

      Hahahahaha you took a picture of your self, hahahahaha

  • pixelate

    Enjoy smelling like burning cat shit.

  • CJLsky

    Phil hit it spot-on with this article…this bowl’s for you!

  • Vena

    iloveyou Philip. Cannot wait to see you again and again and again

  • shpostal

    Okay, dudes, let me comment on your comments and I’m done. First, if you had read the original completely, you would have noticed I wasn’t promoting or fighting against pot. Second, to those who said I must have some other “condition”, you are right, and that’s why different drugs behave differently in us. I have an addictive personality where moderation doesn’t work. If I drink, I’m drunk. I wish I could have a cool brew after a hard day’s work, but that’s not how I’m wired. Can’t do much about that.
    Nor am I debating the health risks of pot. What I said about the withdrawal is my personal experience, and that is no way implying the same effect would happen to you. I was very high strung back then, and just couldn’t handle anything. That didn’t stop me from doing it anyway, but that’s just my experience.
    I’ve known people over the years who could intake insane amounts of every substance you ever heard of and barely batted an eyelid. Others like myself went the other way.
    I for one believe it or not favor marijuana legalization. It’s no worse than alcohol, that’s for sure. I’d ten times take my chances on the interstate with a stoner than a drunk. I don’t favor legalizing anything else, but the stigma behind pot is wrong. You don’t hallucinate, kill pets and rob the Circle K.
    So before you call me an old man and other bullshit or accuse me of attacking smokers, re-read the original post and my response to Phil, who was kind enough to respond, although he did take offense at my generalization of rock musicians and I duly apologized. You have the right to do whatever you want provided you don’t victimize others because of your recreation choices. Give an “old man” a break.

  • Wowwee!

    Your trust is in whiskey, weed, and Black Sabbath it’s God Damn Electric!

  • PIETRO

    i love you man

  • SourDeez

    Excellent, no-bullshit article. I’ve been a raging stoner since I was 13, now I’m 22 and I’m definitely at that paranoia stage. I’ve been cutting back severely and I’ve found all this motivation to do things I never felt like doing before. It’s definitely important for us smokers to understand that just because it won’t make you sick or endanger you doesn’t mean you should spend your life blazed.

    • shpostal

      Glad somebody got my point without being offended or feeling like their lifestyle was being attacked. People worried about the effects of their favorite recreational drug of choice should do the research themselves. Regardless of what some people claim, anything can be addictive, and it doesn’t have to be something you ingest. We are not all cut out for the hard partying life, which is the only real thing I intended to say. For those of us with those issues, I thought a point of view from someone who did have trouble might be helpful.
      By the way, I never tried oxycontine but had it prescribed after shoulder surgery a year ago, a very painful one, I might add. It just made me want to watch FOX News and listen to Limbaugh so I quit taking it.

  • Doomed do Better

    Good read.
    Thanks Phil !

    “The world is one extremely huge OPPORTUNITY…so if you smoke, get something positive done”
    Fuck Yeah !

  • Lauren

    I am exactly the same way, I smoked pot in high school and only recenently have I started smoking again (legally). Smoking is an after-thought. I use it for chronic pain in my stomach due to many surgeries and I don’t lie smoking all day everyday. I wait until all my obligations and chores are done for the day until I relax with a bowl. I have many friends Whi use the drug as a life source and that’s not how it should be used. I’m 22 and I think smoking should be for only the responsible

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tanner-Cooper/1846335619 Tanner Cooper

    With my smoking habits, my mantra is “Moderation, Positivity, and Ambition”.

    Thanks Phil, agreed 100%!

  • Elmo Annphilso

    i’ve never been a phil fan but right on. i have to admit i “got” metal about the same time i started smoking the shit. so thanks to “the green guy” and emperor’s nightside eclipse album…funny how muddy production can sound crystal clear after some delta 9.

  • Bill Houck

    From 14 to 25 use to smoke weed like crazy! smoke drink get fucked up and listen to Metal that was my daily routine for years!
    At 25 had to give up the weed except for every once in awhile I still like to partake of a little herbal remedy!
    Cant smoke much because of my job but moderation is the key Phil is telling the truth there!
    Still drink and rock out to some killer Metal Down is my favorite band at this time for chilling out drinking alittle and maybe smoke alittle.
    But alcohol is way more dangerous then weed and I like to drink but its the truth!
    A little weed now and then never hurt anyone!

  • Nikki

    Amen to that. Absolutely right on all points (especially when it comes to hearing the music better!). There are those of us who are productive, creative, hard-working people who like to smoke to unwind (or just chill out and have a good time); and then there are the ones who are crispy as hell, whose asses have almost literally planted roots into their couch! It sucks that the stereotype that is projected onto smokers is the latter. As a responsible 25 year-old adult, pot absolutely helps me relax and feel human again. (And on a side note – YES PHIL, as a parent who smokes, it DEFINITELY helps!) But, as said numerous times above by y’all here, you have to be responsible about it. Anyway, point is – if you can do it and it makes you better, awesome. Creative and mellow people never hurt anyone! Oh yeah, and in the battle of dangers of weed vs. alcohol, alcohol will ALWAYS win!

  • David

    I just have to comment on Dimebag Darrell playing that solo on Caravan. That’s one of the most beautiful solos ever written for my taste. Clean and spotless, 100 notes in a couple of bars. And he plays it exactly how it is in the record. And the man was probably hammered as usual!
    Here’s a spill of my beer 4u man. Luv for Phil too!

  • http://stewart stewart barnes

    Im 15 and ive been smoking for 5 months, and i beleive im getting to a point of were i know my “high” self and i know what weed does to me. I do get that bad anxiety some speak of, that can be bothersome every once in a while. But for the most part i think weed has made me my own person, i Love metal, specificly superJoint ritual and pantera, as well as many other bands, I also play drums, vinnie is a big influence to me, and when i smoke i always have to listen to music because as Phil said he “listens” better and i feel the same, weather it be laying in my bed listening to music until i fall asleep from smoking a little to much or if its playing drums to songs, it just feels like its inside of me. It further inspires me into the profession of being a musician. And Phil you have been one of the most influencial persons of my life, i love just watching the pantera home videos or just watching you do your speeches at live shows. “stronger than all” couldnt be a more perfect example of what pantera was. Smoke on guys, and rock on too. If you read this then thanks i tend to type a shitload more when im high then when not.
    Peace.

  • K3nny

    I’m helping to legalize dope in your pristine streets and I’m making a fortune.

  • K3nny

    I’m helping to legalize dope in your pristine streets and I’m making a fortune.

  • Gerry

    I have been smoking almost everyday since 1996 and let me tell you it has been great, yeah, there are times when nothing will get you through, but it has more to do with environment and personal issues, i am 33 by now and life is good, when i light up and listen to good music it’s still a blast, i just bought Slayer’s Vinyl Conflict box and it sounded awesome while smoking, Diary of a mad band on vinyl just blew me away, i almost cried goddamit, you should be responsible while smoking and if you live and work hard it gets better and better. Can’t wait for the next Down album!

  • Rod

    thanks to you phil there’s drug violence in mexico, so that you get your stupid fix. go to school and learn to speak coherently